Solve 12/56*14/42

$$\frac { 12 } { 56 } \cdot \frac { 14 } { 42 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{14}\approx 0.071428571$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{56} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{3}{14}\times \frac{14}{42}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{14}{42} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 14.

$$\frac{3}{14}\times \frac{1}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{14} times \frac{1}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 1}{14\times 3}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{1}{14}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 \cdot 7} = 0.07142857142857142$$